Born in Pont-de-Montvert, in the Cévennes, Rosépine fled From the earliest age the family home to reach Paris. Certain of carrying within her a singular destiny, she intends to lead an industrious, free and voluptuous life in the Paris of the sixties and meet the artists of the time. She will in turn become a mason, a knitwear stylist for the biggest fashion houses.
It is during an exciting journey on foot through the Cévennes, where depopulation is rife, that she experiences a sensual adventure with a stranger with whom she will have a son. Discovering La Garde-Guérin, a magnificent site, the former seat of the knight smugglers, Rosépine decided to settle there andwaiting for what the future holds.
After a few years working in construction, she is seizure of a revelation. He must, without delay, paint on the wall of his barn a fresco which will reproduce the village. His very particular style appeals to a gallery owner, who offers him to come and create his work at his place. Abandoning son and lover, she will fly from success to success to New York, where she will discover the true meaning of her existence.
Magnificent landscapes, romantic and sensual encounters, visionary diving at the heart of contemporary art, the author is inspired by facts and characters from his family fantasies, to tell an era, in a whirlwind of the senses. More than an autofiction, an extrafiction.
La Volte editions offer us the first pages, as the novel comes out on May 4.
Born Philippe Tronche at the dawn of the thirties, Philippe Curval walked with the surrealists, frequented many writers like Boris Vian, Topor. Author of science fiction classics and unclassifiable novels, Philippe Curval is a true witness of his time and its upheavals.
2023-05-02 13:25:00
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